WoRMS taxon details
Neomerinthe megalepis (Fowler, 1938)
276263 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:276263)
accepted
Species
Scorpaena megalepis Fowler, 1938 · unaccepted
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
(of Scorpaena megalepis Fowler, 1938) Fowler, H. W. (1938). Descriptions of new fishes obtained by the United States Bureau of Fisheries steamer "Albatross", chiefly in Philippine seas and adjacent waters. <em>Proceedings of the United States National Museum.</em> 85 (3032): 31-135. [details]
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2025). FishBase. Neomerinthe megalepis (Fowler, 1938). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=276263 on 2025-11-07
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Scorpaena megalepis Fowler, 1938) Fowler, H. W. (1938). Descriptions of new fishes obtained by the United States Bureau of Fisheries steamer "Albatross", chiefly in Philippine seas and adjacent waters. <em>Proceedings of the United States National Museum.</em> 85 (3032): 31-135. [details]
Ecology
ecology source
Looby, A.; Erbe, C.; Bravo, S.; Cox, K.; Davies, H. L.; Di Iorio, L.; Jézéquel, Y.; Juanes, F.; Martin, C. W.; Mooney, T. A.; Radford, C.; Reynolds, L. K.; Rice, A. N.; Riera, A.; Rountree, R.; Spriel, B.; Stanley, J.; Vela, S.; Parsons, M. J. G. (2023). Global inventory of species categorized by known underwater sonifery. <em>Scientific Data.</em> 10(1). (look up in IMIS), available online at https://doi.org/10.1038/s41597-023-02745-4 [details] 
Other
additional source
Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2025). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (06/2024)., available online at https://www.fishbase.org [details]
additional source Liu, J.Y. [Ruiyu] (ed.). (2008). [Checklist of marine biota of China seas]. <em>China Science Press.</em> 1267 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors
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additional source Liu, J.Y. [Ruiyu] (ed.). (2008). [Checklist of marine biota of China seas]. <em>China Science Press.</em> 1267 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors
[request]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
To Barcode of Life (2 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Scorpaena megalepis Fowler, 1938)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Neomerinthe megalepis)
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Scorpaena megalepis Fowler, 1938)
To GenBank (4 nucleotides; 4 proteins)
To GenBank (4 nucleotides; 4 proteins) (from synonym Scorpaena megalepis Fowler, 1938)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Scorpaena magalepis P05781 illustration) (from synonym Scorpaena megalepis Fowler, 1938)
To ITIS
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Scorpaena megalepis Fowler, 1938)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Neomerinthe megalepis)
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Scorpaena megalepis Fowler, 1938)
To GenBank (4 nucleotides; 4 proteins)
To GenBank (4 nucleotides; 4 proteins) (from synonym Scorpaena megalepis Fowler, 1938)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Scorpaena magalepis P05781 illustration) (from synonym Scorpaena megalepis Fowler, 1938)
To ITIS
Unreviewed
Hosted externally, from synonym
